Corporate Legal Advisory

What This Involves

Where intellectual property sits within a corporate structure determines who can enforce it, who can licence it, and what happens to it in a transaction or a dispute. We advise on that question and on the corporate arrangements around it.

Scope

Advice on entity structuring from an intellectual property perspective, ownership and holding arrangements within corporate groups, intra-group licensing, the treatment of intellectual property in acquisitions and restructurings, and the contractual terms governing ownership of work created by employees and contractors.

When to Instruct Us

When setting up a group structure. Before an acquisition or sale. When rights are held by an individual rather than the operating business. When engaging contractors who will create protectable work.